The developers, a group led by Joshua Chepkwony, have staked out a claim on property in the Rift Valley where they aim to build more than 2,000 houses, a hotel with a conference center, a shopping mall, a hospital, schools, a private airstrip, and a variety of recreational amenities including a water park and three golf courses – an 18-hole track complemented by a pair of nine-hole layouts.
The community will take shape on 3,100 acres roughly 10 miles northeast of Eldoret, Kenya’s fifth-largest city (population: 220,000). It’ll be not just gated but fenced off from the surrounding countryside, as security is a primary concern among Kenya’s expanding middle class.
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